This is my menu plan for the week. I usually do my weeks plan on a Friday ready for shopping on a Saturday but I am a bit late this week as we have had a houseguest staying with us this week. I try and get Miss Frugal to do it with me to help her with her writing and to have fun in the kitchen with her as I really want to encourage her to learn to cook and to enjoy being in the kitchen with me. This weeks plan is very bitsy as I am trying to use up all of the little bits in the cupboards and the freezer and I thought that with me being off work again this was the ideal week to use up the odds … [Read more...]
Baking Day….
Well its absolutely pouring down here this morning so we are going to bake some biscuits and cakes. I have stacks of cookbooks but I can't find my Bero book that I usually use for my biscuit recipe so I just googled 'kids biscuit recipe' and found the simplest recipe ever:175g/6oz Plain Flour100g/4oz Butter or Margarine50g/2oz Caster SugarPre-heat oven to 150°C/300°F Gas Mark 2Cream the butter and sugar together until they are light and fluffy and then stir in the flour.Knead the dough together until it forms a ball, if the dough is a bit sticky, just add some more flour to the mixture.Next, … [Read more...]
Yorkshire Puddings….
Sunday Dinner wouldn't be Sunday Dinner without Yorkshire puds but no matter what I try I can't seem to get those huge yummy looking ones that you see on the TV!The recipe that I use is 100g of plain flour, 1/2 pint milk and 2 eggs. I heat the oven to the hottest temperature and then preheat the oil in my pudding tins. I do everything that the TV chef's say but.....They just don't work out right. If anyone has a better recipe or method that they want to share with me, please feel free.... … [Read more...]
Homemade ice lolly recipes (for kids and for grown ups)….
Its so hot outside isn’t it?Normally in this weather we spend a fortune on ice creams and ice lollies for the kids but I've decided that this summer we'll make our own ice lollies. This should not only save a fortune but our own lollies will be much healthier (in theory ;-)).Homemade Ice Lolly Ideas for the kids Not an ice lolly as such but you could freeze bananas, either in or out of their skins. Try freezing some Angel delight in lolly moulds, as we've done in the rocket lolly moulds above. You can freeze those little fromage frais pots, pop a lolly stick in the pot before you … [Read more...]
Recipe of the week – Magic Mince
I love magic mince, you can make a huge batch and then bung it in the freezer until you are ready to use it. It is so versatile you can make it into bolognaise, chilli, lasagne, cottage pie and probably loads of other things.The basic recipie is:1kg Lean minced beef2 rashers of back bacon2 onions (I prefer the frozen ready chopped stuff)2 Garlic cloves600 ml beef stockA large glug of red wine (optional)A teaspoon of thyme (fresh or dried)Fry together the chopped up bacon, onions and garlic until the bacon is cooked and the onions are soft. Then remove them from the pan and brown the mince for … [Read more...]
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